Billy Kearse, on Florida's death row for the 1991 murder of Fort Pierce Police Officer Danny Parrish, was executed by lethal injection March 3.

A man convicted of killing a police officer 35 years ago was executed Tuesday, making him Florida’s third execution of the year. Billy Leon Kearse was 18 years old when he shot a Southeast Florida police officer,

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from transferring 20 inmates with commuted death sentences to the nation’s highest security federal prison.

Gov. Ron DeSantis issued the fifth death warrant of the year for James Duckett, sentenced to death for the 1987 rape and murder of a young girl.

Oklahoma officials have locked in May 14, 2026, as the new execution date for Raymond Eugene Johnson, the Tulsa man convicted in 2009 of killing his ex-girlfriend and her 7-month-old daughter in 2007.

Billy Kearse, convicted of killing a Fort Pierce officer in 1991, faces execution today. His attorneys filed a last-minute appeal.

Scotty Ray Gardner sent a letter addressed to Circuit Judge Charles E. Clawson asking that the court deny his pending appeal.

Ralph Menzies spent 36 years on Utah’s death row. He died last year after his execution was stopped over competency concerns. Now a lawmaker says the system is broken — and she wants to speed it up.

Billy Leon Kearse, convicted of murdering a Fort Pierce police officer, is scheduled to be the first of three Florida men executed in March 2026.

An Arkansas death row inmate will have a hearing in August to determine if he can end his appeals against the advice of an attorney and hasten his execution.

Short stories, poetry and think pieces Joesph Patri Brown has written while incarcerated have been collected in a book called "The Image They Had Painted,” which was published in January.